Adhesive



UNITED STATES iner PATENT OFFICE EMILY R. KNODELL, OF ST. JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA ADHESIVE No Drawing. Application filed September This invention relates to an adhesive composition of the consistency of paste and provides an article that will not deteriorate readily and which may be cheaply prepared.

The following ingredients are employed in about the proportions stated to make two gallons of the paste:

Oatmeal 2 lbs. Tapioca 3 oz.

ater glass gpt.

Salt- 3 oz. Plaster Paris ldessertspoonful Wheat flour -cup f Essence of lemon ldessertspoonful hours, the 551% being added at intervals and stirred in. The tapioca is allowed to soak in cold water for a on ree hours and then 16, 1927. Serial N0. 220,058.

sul hate gr. and diethyphthalate 21}; per A? cent. Its chief purpose 1s a reservatlve and while preferred may be repla%''cl"B'y ahy'commercial alcohol which is added after the mass has Been strained and prior to its cooling. 5 The erfumerant and alcohol may be mixed 2 7. and gradually added to the mass and thoroughly stirred in. The composition thus produced will not deteriorate and should be kept in a cool place and away from the air.

The paste is adapted for general use as an adhesive and is particularly designed for securing wax paper to cardboard, also as a cement for leather, sheet metal and other materials.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

An adhesive composition of pasty consistency comprising oatmeal, tapioca, water glass, salt, plaster Paris, wheat flour, alcohol and a perfumerant.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EMILY R. KNODELL. [LS-1 placed updn a stove and allowed to simmer Paris'fslb' wly'added thereto. The mixture of 40 water glass and plaster Paris is gradually added to the mixture of oatmeal, tapioca and flour. The composition is set aside and when luke warm is strained The essence of lemon is added to the strained mass and, if neces- 45 sary, warm water is added to produce a paste of the consistency of thick syrup when cool. s... The essence of lemon functions as a deoderant and may be replaced by any other preferred perfumerant. The alcohol com ound ag consists of rain alcohol, 1 Hllld oz., brucine 

